Commentary On Elections-Part Sixty-Eight (Session Seven)

If the U.S. Constitution is to be followed, as it should be but it totally is not, electors from each congressional districts, each state, and each territory individually cast their vote for President and Vice-President of the federal government of the United States.

When the preceding happens, since the number of eligible candidates for VPOTUS is greatly expanded, this creates the following two conditions.

1. The majority of the electors are unable to qualify an eligible candidate as VPOTUS.

2. In a very realistic scenario the majority of members of the U.S. Senate, are unable to qualify an eligible candidate as VPOTUS. Even though there are only two candidates on the ballot, a sufficient number of Senators may abstain from voting for either of the two candidates, thus causing no candidate to achieve a majority of U.S, Senate votes.

If the majority of U.S. Senators are unable to choose this head executive of federal government, the U.S. Constitution is quite clear when it mandates that the newly chosen POTUS has to choose the next VPOTUS for the new term provided that choice has majority approval from both houses of Congress.

Perhaps the U.S. Constitution should be amended on this measure as it gives too much power to the Presidency. Due to the fact that the federal government has been the sovereign government authority since the late 1860s, a President's power has to be kept in check unless a last resort situation warrants its expansion. While the President should have this nomination authority if there is a vacancy in the VP's office in case of removal, death, or resignation, the President should not have this authority when that VP's office is vacant due to no one being qualified.

When all VPOTUS candidates fail to become Vice-President-elect because of lack of voting support from either the electors or U.S. Senate, members of the U.S. House of Representatives should individually vote for these two eligible candidates. Majority approval of a candidate from that federal lower house body is required to fill that VP's office. If neither of those two candidates are still unable to achieve this, then the President's nominee for VPOTUS, with majority approval from both the US. House and U.S Senate, becomes the next VPOTUS. Cliff Notes Version: The only time the POTUS is to choose the VPOTUS according to the American Constitution is when the majority of electors and the majority of U.S. Senate members fail to choose one candidate as the VPOTUS.